PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Palestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finnic Heaslip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Palestri
vs
Heaslip

180 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marco Palestri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Finnic Heaslip!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heaslip throws a right hand that Palestri ducks under and follows up with a left that Palestri also avoids with ease.
Heaslip misses with a wild combination.
Heaslip misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Heaslip misses.
Palestri is looking to clinch.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
Heaslip misses with a series of wild punches.
Heaslip swats away the attempt to clinch by Palestri.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Heaslip misses with a series of wild punches.
A right-left combo lands from Heaslip.
Heaslip falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palestri counters with a nice body shot.
Heaslip throws a right and a left that Palestri avoids nicely.
Heaslip throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Palestri on the side of the head.
Palestri fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heaslip lands a nice shot to the body.
Heaslip fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Heaslip misses with a jab, cross combination.
Heaslip looks winded!
The fight stays on the outside here - Palestri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heaslip looks to land a combination but Palestri avoids it well.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Heaslip falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palestri counters with a left and a right that stings Heaslip.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Palestri tries to clinch there but Heaslip circles away.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heaslip misses with a series of wild punches.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaslip throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palestri.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palestri is looking to clinch but Heaslip is avoiding it.
Palestri tries to clinch there but Heaslip circles away.
A punch combination from Heaslip misses.
Heaslip looks to score with a jab to the body but Palestri is just out of range.
Palestri is looking to clinch but Heaslip is avoiding it.
Palestri swinging wildly here.
Heaslip throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palestri.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heaslip swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heaslip lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palestri circles away quickly and effectively.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palestri is looking to clinch.
Palestri is looking to clinch.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Heaslip, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palestri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Heaslip.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri wants to clinch.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
Heaslip misses with a series of wild punches.
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heaslip swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heaslip misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palestri tries to clinch there but Heaslip circles away.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Heaslip throws a series of punches but Palestri moves out of range.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Heaslip thows a body shot but no joy.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palestri doesn't manage to clinch there - Heaslip circles away.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heaslip swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palestri looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Heaslip misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Palestri dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Palestri wants to clinch.
Heaslip lands a body shot.
Palestri avoids the body shot from Heaslip.
Marco Palestri is winning the standup battle so far.
Palestri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Heaslip misses with a jab, cross combination.
Palestri slips a jab and a cross from Heaslip.
Palestri dodges the punch combination from Heaslip.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heaslip fails to land with a series of punches.
Heaslip is breathing heavily.
Heaslip misses with a hook. Palestri ducked under it nicely.
Heaslip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heaslip is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Palestri rather than just go for the knockout.
Palestri is looking to clinch but Heaslip is avoiding it.
Heaslip throws a right hand that Palestri ducks under and follows up with a left that Palestri also avoids with ease.

Palestri has Heaslip up against the cage in a clinch.
Heaslip blocks a body shot from Palestri.
Palestri looking to stall.
Palestri lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heaslip backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palestri trying to control the position but instead, Heaslip has worked for underhooks and has pushed Palestri into the cage.
Palestri seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Heaslip is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marco Palestri.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaslip misses with the combination.
Heaslip misses with a double jab.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Palestri tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heaslip manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heaslip misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
A shot to the liver by Heaslip. Beautiful body shot.
Heaslip lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palestri circles away quickly and effectively.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Heaslip misses.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heaslip swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Palestri.
Heaslip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palestri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip is having none of it.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
A combination from Heaslip does no damage.
Heaslip misses with a wild combination.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip is having none of it.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heaslip misses with a series of wild punches.
Heaslip swats away the attempt to clinch by Palestri.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heaslip lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Palestri dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Palestri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Heaslip throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Heaslip circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palestri avoids a punch combination nicely.
Palestri doesn't manage to clinch there - Heaslip circles away.
Palestri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heaslip jabs Palestri to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Heaslip misses with a few strikes there.
Heaslip lands a two punch combo.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Marco Palestri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palestri is looking to clinch.
Heaslip takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heaslip rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palestri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Palestri fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heaslip will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.
Palestri wants to clinch.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heaslip misses with a double jab.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palestri tries to clinch up.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palestri tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heaslip manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heaslip fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palestri tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heaslip manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri tries to clinch there but Heaslip circles away.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip moves out of range.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip moves out of range.
Heaslip connects with a body shot that sends Palestri's belly button to the back.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palestri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Heaslip avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Heaslip misses the target.
Palestri is looking to clinch but Heaslip is avoiding it.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palestri wants to clinch up but Heaslip keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palestri tries to clinch there but Heaslip circles away.
Palestri doesn't manage to clinch there - Heaslip circles away.
Heaslip throws a right and a left that Palestri avoids nicely.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heaslip paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heaslip is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip moves out of range.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Palestri is looking to clinch but Heaslip is avoiding it.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heaslip misses with a double jab.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Palestri fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heaslip throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heaslip throws a nice looking combination but Palestri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip moves out of range.
Heaslip scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palestri tries to clinch up but Heaslip circles away and keeps his distance.
Palestri tries to close the distance and clinch but Heaslip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palestri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palestri dodges the punch combination from Heaslip.
Palestri wants to clinch.
Heaslip keeps the fight on the outside.
Marco Palestri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Heaslip misses with a body shot.
Palestri tries to clinch but Heaslip is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Heaslip misses.
Finnic Heaslip has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Palestri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palestri moves in looking to clinch but Heaslip pushes him off.
Palestri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Palestri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Palestri has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Palestri!